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Birds in Print with Pippin Frisbee-Calder - Abita Springs, Jan. 28th

 

Dear LABIRD,

The Audubon Abita Bird Club, an affiliate of the Orleans Audubon Society,
has an interesting program this coming Tuesday. This program is open to the
public, so please spread the word.

Jennifer Coulson
President
Orleans Audubon Society

Birds in Print
with Pippin Frisbee-Calder January 28, 6:00 ¨C 7:30 p.m.
Abita Springs Town Hall, 22161 Level St, Abita Springs, LA 70420

Pippin¡¯s work investigates organisms and ecosystems and demystifies
science, while calling into question human responsibility. *Working with
scientists she creates amazing large-scale installations and prints
exploring issues of climate change, species extinction and environmental
stewardship.* The work she is happiest with always finds a balance between
printmaking, science and draftsmanship, unifying to tell big picture
stories about humanity¡¯s complicated relationship with nature.

Learn more about Pippin here:

Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

And now for the 3 eBird lists that I did during the storm ¡ª lots of photos of snowy birds, scenes from the yard, and a couple of video clip links:

First one, with video of House Finches swarming:


Second one, with Proof of Life for Buff-bellied ¡ª survived a 10 degree night:


Third one:




===================

Dr. J. V. Remsen
Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds
Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences
LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najames<at>LSU.edu

On Jan 23, 2025, at 10:40 AM, James V Remsen via groups.io <najames@...> wrote:

LABIRD: Video of the birds (500+) swarming my feeders on Tuesday. Several were sluggish and clearly suffering. Heavy wet snow was sticking to plumage and freezing. More later ¡­.





===================

Dr. J. V. Remsen
Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds
Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences
LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najames<at>LSU.edu

On Jan 22, 2025, at 9:00 PM, James V Remsen via groups.io <najames@...> wrote:

LABIRD: I will post a couple of eBird lists from yesterday with videos to show the feeding frenzy at my place, but meanwhile today ¡­. 100% survival of my hummingbirds despite 10 F. I brought in all feeders last night and had them out before dawn. Because Amazilia is a genus of the lowland tropics, I was most worried about my Buff-bellied, but it made it! This afternoon¡¯s eBird list (5 species hummers):



===================

Dr. J. V. Remsen
Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds
Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences
LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najames<at>LSU.edu

On Jan 21, 2025, at 3:09 PM, Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson@...> wrote:

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

Wow, sorry for the poor formatting. Not sure what happened. One more try to make it easier to read: Among the usual suspects, we had an elevated number of House Finches(10) and American Goldfinches(15). The Yellow-rumped Warblers have been low(2) and the Northern Cardinals(10) were somewhat typical. Several winters ago we had our highest ever count of Cardinals, 30(!), all of them sunning themselves in a 80 foot long hedgerow! We have also been enjoying Red-winged blackbirds(4), White-throated Sparrows(2), Ruby-crowned Kinglet(1), Orange-crowned Warbler(1), and a Yellow-throated Warbler(1) that has been around since Jan 10th. I believe we've had Yellow-throated Warblers here for about 5 of the past 7 winters. Always excited to see them! The birds hitting the suet during the freeze were Yellow-throated Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Red-bellied & Downy Woodpeckers, Titmice, Chickadees, Carolina Wrens, and even one House Sparrow. This fall, we had Mockingbirds, Brown Thrashers, and even Gray Catbirds "hovering" between the squirrel baffle & the suet feeder, pecking at the suet before flying off with tiny bits. None of these have been see eating suet during this freeze/snow event. Brown Thrashers and Gray Catbirds have not been seen at all over the past week or two. On Jan 24, 2025, at 3:34 PM, Debra Babin via groups.io <Debra.b@...> wrote: Among the usual suspects, we had an elevated number of House Finches(10) and American Goldfinches(15). The Yellow-rumped Warblers have been low(2) and the Northern Cardinals(10) were somewhat typical. Several winters ago we had our highest ever count of Cardinals, 30(!), all of them sunning themselves in a 80 foot long hedgerow! We have also been enjoying Red-winged blackbirds(4), White-throated Sparrows(2), Ruby-crowned Kinglet(1), Orange-crowned Warbler(1), and a Yellow-throated Warbler(1) that has been around since Jan 10th. I believe we've had Yellow-throated Warblers here for about 5 of the past 7 winters. Always excited to see them! The birds hitting the suet during the freeze were Yellow-throated Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Red-bellied & Downy Woodpeckers, Titmice, Chickadees, Carolina Wrens, and even one House Sparrow. This fall, we had Mockingbirds, Brown Thrashers, and even Gray Catbirds "hovering" between the squirrel baffle & the suet feeder, pecking at the suet before flying off with tiny bits. None of these have been see eating suet during this freeze/snow event. Brown Thrashers and Gray Catbirds have not been seen at all over the past week or two. On Jan 23, 2025, at 10:40 AM, James V Remsen via groups.io <najames@...> wrote: LABIRD: Video of the birds (500+) swarming my feeders on Tuesday. Several were sluggish and clearly suffering. Heavy wet snow was sticking to plumage and freezing. More later ¡­. =================== Dr. J. V. Remsen Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 najames<at>LSU.edu On Jan 22, 2025, at 9:00 PM, James V Remsen via groups.io <najames@...> wrote: LABIRD: I will post a couple of eBird lists from yesterday with videos to show the feeding frenzy at my place, but meanwhile today ¡­. 100% survival of my hummingbirds despite 10 F. I brought in all feeders last night and had them out before dawn. Because Amazilia is a genus of the lowland tropics, I was most worried about my Buff-bellied, but it made it! This afternoon¡¯s eBird list (5 species hummers): =================== Dr. J. V. Remsen Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 najames<at>LSU.edu On Jan 21, 2025, at 3:09 PM, Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson@...> wrote: LAbird, With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing. The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet. Hope everyone is safe and warm. Erik Johnson Sunset, LA Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

Among the usual suspects, we had an elevated number of House Finches(10) and American Goldfinches(15). The Yellow-rumped Warblers have been low(2) and the Northern Cardinals(10) were somewhat typical. Several winters ago we had our highest ever count of Cardinals, 30(!), all of them sunning themselves in a 80 foot long hedgerow! We have also been enjoying Red-winged blackbirds(4), White-throated Sparrows(2), Ruby-crowned Kinglet(1), Orange-crowned Warbler(1), and a Yellow-throated Warbler(1) that has been around since Jan 10th. I believe we've had Yellow-throated Warblers here for about 5 of the past 7 winters. Always excited to see them! The birds hitting the suet during the freeze were Yellow-throated Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Red-bellied & Downy Woodpeckers, Titmice, Chickadees, Carolina Wrens, and even one House Sparrow. This fall, we had Mockingbirds, Brown Thrashers, and even Gray Catbirds "hovering" between the squirrel baffle & the suet feeder, pecking at the suet before flying off with tiny bits. None of these have been see eating suet during this freeze/snow event. Brown Thrashers and Gray Catbirds have not been seen at all over the past week or two. On Jan 23, 2025, at 10:40 AM, James V Remsen via groups.io <najames@...> wrote: LABIRD: Video of the birds (500+) swarming my feeders on Tuesday. Several were sluggish and clearly suffering. Heavy wet snow was sticking to plumage and freezing. More later ¡­. =================== Dr. J. V. Remsen Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 najames<at>LSU.edu On Jan 22, 2025, at 9:00 PM, James V Remsen via groups.io <najames@...> wrote: LABIRD: I will post a couple of eBird lists from yesterday with videos to show the feeding frenzy at my place, but meanwhile today ¡­. 100% survival of my hummingbirds despite 10 F. I brought in all feeders last night and had them out before dawn. Because Amazilia is a genus of the lowland tropics, I was most worried about my Buff-bellied, but it made it! This afternoon¡¯s eBird list (5 species hummers): =================== Dr. J. V. Remsen Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 najames<at>LSU.edu On Jan 21, 2025, at 3:09 PM, Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson@...> wrote: LAbird, With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing. The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet. Hope everyone is safe and warm. Erik Johnson Sunset, LA Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
More on snow birds

 

Thanks for sharing these lists - it's so interesting to see who is at your feeders in this wild weather!

In Abita Springs I have had a couple of Purple Finches and ONE Pine Siskin among the many goldfinches. A Red-headed Woodpecker showed up - they haven't been around our yard for awhile - along with downies, red-bellies, and a sapsucker. Chipping Sparrows but why no White-throated Sparrows? Plenty of Mourning Doves but no blackbirds of any kind. Orange-crowned Warbler and Pine Warblers eager on the suet, and like David I am seeing Yellow-rumped Warblers on the ice around the edge of the lake. They seem to be picking at something but I also observed them drinking water. They seem to have swapped places with the Common Yellowthroat who is now foraging father into the yard than usual, among the dead calico asters. The Yellow-rumps and Ruby-crowned Kinglets are also hovering to the ceiling of the porch and window panes to snap up dead spiders and gnats. Now that the snow is melting the goldfinches are foraging more on the exposed ground than the feeders. Where is the Cooper's Hawk with all of this feeder activity? Surely lurking...

Meanwhile the Pied-billed Grebes on the pond are garbling and bathing away completely un-phased.

So grateful for the snow birds and all of their entertaining behaviors!

Donata
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

LABIRD: Video of the birds (500+) swarming my feeders on Tuesday. Several were sluggish and clearly suffering. Heavy wet snow was sticking to plumage and freezing. More later ¡­.





===================

Dr. J. V. Remsen
Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds
Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences
LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najames<at>LSU.edu

On Jan 22, 2025, at 9:00 PM, James V Remsen via groups.io <najames@...> wrote:

LABIRD: I will post a couple of eBird lists from yesterday with videos to show the feeding frenzy at my place, but meanwhile today ¡­. 100% survival of my hummingbirds despite 10 F. I brought in all feeders last night and had them out before dawn. Because Amazilia is a genus of the lowland tropics, I was most worried about my Buff-bellied, but it made it! This afternoon¡¯s eBird list (5 species hummers):



===================

Dr. J. V. Remsen
Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds
Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences
LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najames<at>LSU.edu

On Jan 21, 2025, at 3:09 PM, Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson@...> wrote:

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

We missed the heavier snow by a few miles but still had a few inches.

No new birds feeding but my herd of yellow-rumped warblers jumped from 300+ to about 500 and a few new pine warblers also arrived. Maybe another dozen cardinals. Last year the freeze brought in a good number of strangers but not this year.

The herd





and more at
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

Here in Vatican we¡¯ve seen the following:
American Goldfinches(30-40)
Baltimore Oriole(a first at our feeder)
Pine Warblers
Chipping Sparrow
Mourning Doves
Eurasian Collared Doves
Inca Doves
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Cardinals
Carolina Chickadee
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Tufted Titmouse
House Sparrows

On Jan 22, 2025, at 7:55?PM, David P. Muth via groups.io <muthdp@...> wrote:

?No hummingbirds in my yard this winter, and none have shown up the last two
days.

Heavy use of black oil sunflower seed yesterday while it snowed by the
usual suspects, but also including my first (noticed) goldfinches. During a
heavy snow flurry yesterday, I glimpsed what I thought might be a
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Today it posed on the feeder.


David Muth

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 7:02?PM Anne Gaiennie via groups.io <annegaiennie=
[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Erik,
I had 2 hummers the last two days and had not been seeing hummingbirds for
weeks. I sent you a picture of one via private email as I was not able to
identify.
I had a chipping sparrow yesterday and two today--a first time for my
yard.
Another development yesterday was an onslaught of goldfinches. Before the
storm I had been seeing up to 1/2 dozen goldfinches at the feeders, and
yesterday there were 50 or more. By this afternoon the numbers were down
pretty significantly.
It's been wonderful to have the views out the window. Thanks for starting
this dialogue.

This by Robert Frost came to mind when snow was flying out of tree
branches.

Dust of Snow
By Robert Frost <>
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 3:09?PM Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson=
[email protected]> wrote:

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!),
all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what
you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds
devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed
feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A
little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't
regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco,
which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter
hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and
Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14
Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No
Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org









--
David P. Muth
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

LABIRD: I will post a couple of eBird lists from yesterday with videos to show the feeding frenzy at my place, but meanwhile today ¡­. 100% survival of my hummingbirds despite 10 F. I brought in all feeders last night and had them out before dawn. Because Amazilia is a genus of the lowland tropics, I was most worried about my Buff-bellied, but it made it! This afternoon¡¯s eBird list (5 species hummers):



===================

Dr. J. V. Remsen
Emeritus Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds
Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences
LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najames<at>LSU.edu

On Jan 21, 2025, at 3:09 PM, Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson@...> wrote:

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

No hummingbirds in my yard this winter, and none have shown up the last two
days.

Heavy use of black oil sunflower seed yesterday while it snowed by the
usual suspects, but also including my first (noticed) goldfinches. During a
heavy snow flurry yesterday, I glimpsed what I thought might be a
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Today it posed on the feeder.


David Muth

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 7:02?PM Anne Gaiennie via groups.io <annegaiennie=
[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Erik,
I had 2 hummers the last two days and had not been seeing hummingbirds for
weeks. I sent you a picture of one via private email as I was not able to
identify.
I had a chipping sparrow yesterday and two today--a first time for my
yard.
Another development yesterday was an onslaught of goldfinches. Before the
storm I had been seeing up to 1/2 dozen goldfinches at the feeders, and
yesterday there were 50 or more. By this afternoon the numbers were down
pretty significantly.
It's been wonderful to have the views out the window. Thanks for starting
this dialogue.

This by Robert Frost came to mind when snow was flying out of tree
branches.

Dust of Snow
By Robert Frost <>
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 3:09?PM Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson=
[email protected]> wrote:

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!),
all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what
you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds
devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed
feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A
little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't
regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco,
which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter
hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and
Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14
Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No
Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org









--
David P. Muth
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

Hi Erik,
I had 2 hummers the last two days and had not been seeing hummingbirds for
weeks. I sent you a picture of one via private email as I was not able to
identify.
I had a chipping sparrow yesterday and two today--a first time for my
yard.
Another development yesterday was an onslaught of goldfinches. Before the
storm I had been seeing up to 1/2 dozen goldfinches at the feeders, and
yesterday there were 50 or more. By this afternoon the numbers were down
pretty significantly.
It's been wonderful to have the views out the window. Thanks for starting
this dialogue.

This by Robert Frost came to mind when snow was flying out of tree branches.

Dust of Snow
By Robert Frost <>
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 3:09?PM Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson=
[email protected]> wrote:

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!),
all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what
you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds
devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed
feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A
little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't
regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco,
which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter
hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and
Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14
Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No
Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
Re: Fw: [labird] Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

I couldn't get to feeders (too treacherous with bad knees) so I threw
sunflower seed on patio and ground. Had about 65 goldfinches on the ground
at one time and I'm sure there were more. They kept coming all day. I put
up one hummingbird feeder and drew one bird - I don't know what - all day.
It buzzed me by 6 inches while I refilled it once! Today, I put up a second
feeder nearer the door (again, the ice) but the hummingbird ignored it. I
tried a red paper bow, artificial flowers -- nothing worked to draw it
near. Finally the first feeder thawed this afternoon and bird got to feed
again. Hoping I can be more routine tomorrow. It was challenging but a
thrill. Thanks for asking.

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 1:06?PM Catherine Hansen via groups.io
<cathy.hansen@...> wrote:

From: Charles Hughes <crhughes3@...>Sent: Wednesday, January 22,
2025 at 11:41:47 AM CSTSubject: Re: [labird] Snow birds? What's at your
feeders?
The one Rufous Hummingbird remains at my feeder. I put a new feeder out
at dawn to replace the one that froze the night before. Other feeders have
American Goldfinches, Carolina Wrens, Warblers (sorry, I don¡¯t know what
they are), House Finches, House Sparrows, Mockingbirds, Grackles, and
Starlings.
No woodpeckers or doves.

Chuck Hughes
Monroe, LA

On Jan 21, 2025, at 18:46, Catherine Hansen via groups.io <cathy.hansen=
[email protected]> wrote:

? I'm in Mid City Baton Rouge in Goodwood neighborhood. I did get a
Purple Finch and House Finches, had flocks of Goldfinches, Red-bellied and
Downies, Mourning and White-winged doves, Tufted Titmouse, RC Kinglets,
Cardinals, Mockingbirds, Robins, OC Warbler at the suet, Pine Warblers. Put
feeders out but no hummers although I have not had any lately.
In one part of the backyard that has no tree cover we got close to 10".
Under the Live Oak 4-5".
Bundle up everybody!
Cathy

On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 03:09:57 PM CST, Johnson, Erik via
groups.io <erik.johnson@...> wrote:

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in
Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there.
Share what you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds
devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed
feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A
little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't
regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco,
which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter
hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and
Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14
Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No
Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org















--
Sandra Barbier
LaPlace, LA
Fw: [labird] Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

From: Charles Hughes <crhughes3@...>Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 11:41:47 AM CSTSubject: Re: [labird] Snow birds? What's at your feeders?
The one Rufous Hummingbird remains at my feeder. I put a new feeder out at dawn to replace the one that froze the night before. Other feeders have American Goldfinches, Carolina Wrens, Warblers (sorry, I don¡¯t know what they are), House Finches, House Sparrows, Mockingbirds, Grackles, and Starlings.
No woodpeckers or doves.

Chuck Hughes
Monroe, LA

On Jan 21, 2025, at 18:46, Catherine Hansen via groups.io <cathy.hansen@...> wrote:

? I'm in Mid City Baton Rouge in Goodwood neighborhood. I did get a Purple Finch and House Finches, had flocks of Goldfinches, Red-bellied and Downies, Mourning and White-winged doves, Tufted Titmouse, RC Kinglets, Cardinals, Mockingbirds, Robins, OC Warbler at the suet, Pine Warblers. Put feeders out but no hummers although I have not had any lately.
In one part of the backyard that has no tree cover we got close to 10". Under the Live Oak 4-5".
Bundle up everybody!
Cathy

? ? On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 03:09:57 PM CST, Johnson, Erik via groups.io <erik.johnson@...> wrote:?

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

Erik, All,

???? My backyard hasn't been very active this year, but it was
interesting to see how the birds that were there handled the snow and
the record cold that followed.? I put some videos on YouTube from
yesterday and this morning:

Yesterday:

This morning:

Thanks,

Paul Conover

Lafayette

On 1/21/2025 3:09 PM, Johnson, Erik via groups.io wrote:
LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
Re: Limpkin sent packing?

 

Several years ago, post-Limpkin arrival, we had very cold weather with
low-teens and a long subfreezing period here in Eunice. It was probably not
quite so cold in Kraemer, but both Limpkins and apple snails survived and
thrived.

BTW, we had about 10 inches here in Eunice, and overnight lows will
probably reach single digits!

On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 8:30?PM Paul Dickson via groups.io <paul=
[email protected]> wrote:

Labird:
Got some amazing snow photos from Kraemer, La where Limpkins were first
found. I wonder what effect this freeze and snow is going to have on Apple
Snails. Will the Limpkin era abruptly end?
Paul Dickson,
Wondering from a snowless N. La.
Limpkin sent packing?

 

Labird:
Got some amazing snow photos from Kraemer, La where Limpkins were first found. I wonder what effect this freeze and snow is going to have on Apple Snails. Will the Limpkin era abruptly end?
Paul Dickson,
Wondering from a snowless N. La.
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

I'm in Mid City Baton Rouge in Goodwood neighborhood. I did get a Purple Finch and House Finches, had flocks of Goldfinches, Red-bellied and Downies, Mourning and White-winged doves, Tufted Titmouse, RC Kinglets, Cardinals, Mockingbirds, Robins, OC Warbler at the suet, Pine Warblers. Put feeders out but no hummers although I have not had any lately.?
In one part of the backyard that has no tree cover we got close to 10". Under the Live Oak 4-5".?
Bundle up everybody!
Cathy

On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 03:09:57 PM CST, Johnson, Erik via groups.io <erik.johnson@...> wrote:

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

Hi everyone,
I've gotten a flurry of the same birds, especially lots of Goldfinches and
Yellow rumps with the cold weather. A new hummer appeared and I have
no idea what it is. Interesting bird behavior I observed...there is an
orange crowned warbler that hangs out at the feeder and eats butter bark I
have smeared on the top/side for it. A starling (of all birds) showed up
this morning at the feeder and chased away the OC warbler several times to
eat the bark. Who knew Starlings ate bark butter? I chased the Starling
away.............
Happy birding,
Harriett

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On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 5:01?PM Toddy Guidry via groups.io <guidrys=
[email protected]> wrote:

Erik at al
Its been a real smorgasbord here.
The snow marked my ruler between 9-10 inches.
Obviously lots of Goldfinches, but Cardinals, Pine Warbs, OC Warbs(also
hitting hummingbird feeders), Grackles, WT Sparrows, 1 Swamp Sparrow, YR
Warbs, 1 Junco, Chickadees, a few Blue Jays have all hit the platform
feeder
with mixed seeds.
No other finches, no siskins.

But I definitely have new hummers. I have 6 feeders out and birds fighting,
flying all over the yard. R/A, BC,RT, BB all seem to be here.
Hopefully they will hang around until the LOS tour Friday.

Like many of you, I was up at dawn to put hummer feeders out and have been
outside most of the day sweeping snow off my seed feeders and refreshing
hummingbird feeders freezing constantly.
It has definitely been a diligent day!

BTW - Elaine texted me she had a male Painted Bunting at her seed platform.

Toddy
South Lafayette near Milton


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Subject: [labird] Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!),
all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what
you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds
devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed
feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A
little
group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't regularly
come
to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, which I haven't
had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter hummingbirds are
accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and Rufous, and no one new
has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 Northern Cardinals and
about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No Purple Finches or Pine
Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

We had a nice long list today, including our 114th yard bird, a Rusty Blackbird.? We also had a mystery bird we are still working on.? Lots of photos but none great.? I'll post it if we can't figure it out.? MAYBE a kinglet with unusual markings.???Anyway, here is the known list below:?ThanksMichael Cavanaugh(1 mile south of LSU just off Highland Road)?Downy woodpeckerRusty blackbirdBlue JayRobinCarolina WrenTitmouseWhite-throated sparrowChickadeeGoldfinchHouse finchRuby-crowned kingletCardinalHermit ThrushHummingbird, believed to be ruby-throatRed-bellied sapsuckerPine warbler
Re: Snow birds? What's at your feeders?

 

Three Rufous type hummingbirds are trying to share two heated feeders with
reasonable success. I've got loads of red-winged blackbirds, c. grackles,
and am Goldfinches, etc. but the most unusual visitor has been a Winter
Wren in an azalea right outside my kitchen window. It was a brief look but
unmistakable. It didn't stick around for a photo though...

--Jane Patterson
Ponchatoula

On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 3:09?PM Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson=
[email protected]> wrote:

LAbird,

With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!),
all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what
you've been seeing.

The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds
devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed
feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A
little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't
regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco,
which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter
hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and
Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14
Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No
Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet.

Hope everyone is safe and warm.

Erik Johnson
Sunset, LA
Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
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